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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=la capiō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɛksˈkɛp.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eksˈt͡ʃɛp.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''exceptiō''' ''f'' (genitive exceptiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[excipiō]] “to take out, except” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', of a defendant's plea.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Cicero; he dates the ''Rhetorica'' 86/82 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
+ 
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant an exception, restriction, reservation, as Cicero's ''sine ūllā exceptiōne'', and a limiting clause in a law or agreement, a usage Lewis and Short call very frequent in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) From the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' it meant in law a defendant's plea inserted by the praetor in the formula, an exception.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant an exception.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin also used it for the reception of a person.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''eccezione'' and French ''exception'', and Anglo-French ''excepcioun'' gave [[en|exception]] in the late 14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Timeline==
+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it of a plea.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses ''sine ūllā exceptiōne''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''exception'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # An [[m|en|exception]], reservation.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A limiting clause, [[m|en|proviso]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(law)'' A defendant's plea.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[exceptiuncula]]
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[excipiō]]
+ * [[capiō]]
+ * [[en|exception]]
+ * [[en|except]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}